Briefs from area colleges, high schools

Monday

NORFOLK, Va. — Bethune-Cookman University quarterback Larry Brihm Jr. was selected as the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.

Brihm threw for a season- and career-high matching 354 yards and a career-high five touchdowns as B-CU defeated Morgan State, 41-28, on Saturday. He found eight different receivers on 23-of-30 passing and tied a school record for touchdown passes in a single game with five.

Other B-CU players were honored by the conference as notable performers:

• Job Buissereth helped anchor an offensive line which produced 471 yards of total offense for the Wildcats. He also totaled two pancake blocks.

• Todney Evans recorded nine tackles and collected a game-high 3.5 tackles. He also chipped in with an assisted sack.

• Javaunie Francis averaged 46 yards per punt with a career-high 74-yard punt in the first half. He also kicked off one for 57 yards. In all, he had eight punts for 368 yards, placing one inside the 20.

• Devin James recorded nine tackles, including four primary stops and chipped in with five assisted stops.

BASKETBALL

Ex-Hatter Barkley continues pro career in Germany

Former Stetson University women's basketball center Ayesha Barkley has signed a professional contract to play for ChemCats Chemnitz of the German Damen Basketball Bundesliga for the upcoming season, the team announced Monday.

Barkley's pro career has taken her to three different continents (Europe, Asia and North America) and six different countries (Germany, Iran, Romania, Spain, Sweden and Turkey). This will be her ninth season of pro basketball.

Last season Barkley played for TED Ankara in the Turkish Women's Basketball League. She averaged 14.2 points, 9.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals-per-game while playing 36 games.

Barley has also played for the Jersey Expressions of the Women's American Basketball Association, helping the team win the WABA title this past summer.

From 2005-09, Barkley played 116 games over four seasons with the Hatters. She collected 623 points, 438 rebounds and 91 blocked shots in her career.

BASEBALL

Former University coach to be inducted into Hall of Fame

Former University baseball coach Frank Martello, who stepped down after seven seasons this past summer, will be inducted into the Central Florida Sports Hall of Fame in Deltona on Saturday.

Martello, who was just recently named the assistant principle at DeLand's Citrus Grove Elementary, posted a 123-79 record in his seven years at University, including four Five-Star championships, two regional championships, and a district title in 2016. The Titans advanced to the state championship in 2015 and again last season, losing both times. During the Major League Baseball Draft in June, pitchers Logan Allen, Nate Peden and Cameron Robinson were all selected, marking the first time in program history a Titans player had been drafted.

The four-time News-Journal Coach of the Year started out at DeLand in 1996, going 76-65 in six years with the Bulldogs, including two Five-Star titles. Between his jobs at DeLand and University, Martello also spent three years (2003-2006) as an assistant at Stetson under former coach Pete Dunn.

The Central Florida Sports Hall of Fame is a nonprofit organization that was established in 2011.

Staff reports

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